Week-36 - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:50:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png Week-36 - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Martha Sophia Hallonquist LaRoche (1874-1975) https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/martha-sophia-hallonquist-laroche-1874-1975/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:30:11 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=4713 My theme this week is "oldest"; the Sams direct descendant that lived the longest. Martha "Mattie" Sophia Hallonquist LaRoche lived to celebrate her 101st birthday.  There are several distinctive aspects of Mattie's life. She was born near Charleston, S.C on Wadmalaw Island, was married at age 16, to a man 23 years her senior, and raised a family in Merritt Island, Florida area - long before air-conditioning. You can get a sense of their new "neighborhood" in the photo above.

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